Maurice Valency Quote

No man can establish title to an idea — at most he can only claim possession. The stream of thought that irrigates the mind of each of us is a confluent of the intellectual river that drains the whole of the living universe.


Jean Giraudoux: Four Plays (1958)


No man can establish title to an idea — at most he can only claim possession. The stream of thought that irrigates the mind of each of us is a...

No man can establish title to an idea — at most he can only claim possession. The stream of thought that irrigates the mind of each of us is a...

No man can establish title to an idea — at most he can only claim possession. The stream of thought that irrigates the mind of each of us is a...

No man can establish title to an idea — at most he can only claim possession. The stream of thought that irrigates the mind of each of us is a...